Effects of chemical mixtures: Neurotoxic effects add up

Study demonstrates for the first time the toxicological relevance of chemical mixtures as they occur in humans

22-Oct-2024 - Chemicals are omnipresent today: they enter our bodies through food, air or the skin. But how do these complex mixtures of chemicals affect our health? In a study published in the journal Science, a research team from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has shown that chemicals ...

Simplified screening of individual bacterial species in biosamples

Method saves time and costs when analysing complex microbiological samples

30-Mar-2023 - In medical research and diagnostics, the microbiome, i.e. the microbial colonisation of the intestine, is increasingly gaining attention. A stool sample can be used to precisely analyse the complex microbial ecosystem of the gut. There are basically two methods for this: traditional cultivation ...

Analytik Jena Science Award Honors Outstanding Scientific Articles

28-Jun-2019 - The first two Analytik Jena Science Awards are given to Dr. Carlos Abad of the Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, and Natalie Rangno of the Institute of Wood Technology Dresden. With this award, Analytik Jena is honoring scientific articles in which Analytik Jena ...

Innovative technology for the enrichment of free-circulating DNA

13-Jan-2014 - After a two year period of development Analytik Jena has launched an innovative technology to enrich and isolate free-circulating DNA. Free-circulating DNA occurs in plasma, serum, and urine, among other things, but only in small fragments and very low concentrations. In order to isolate them, ...

Mechanically-driven portable device that extracts nucleic acids from blood to measure HIV viral load

11-Jun-2013 - Research describes the development of a portable device that can extract HIV viral RNA from whole human blood to produce a purified and thermally-stable sample without the use of electric power. The technology has the potential to enable accurate monitoring of patient response to HIV treatment in ...

Studying bacterial metabolites with mass spectrometry

19-Feb-2013 - Organic compounds produced by colonies of bacteria can now be characterised using a mass-spectrometry technique that is both location specific and non-destructive. The method enables the rapid identification of metabolites from specific areas of an agar gel without affecting the viability of the ...

Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award 2012 granted to Professor Aaron Wheeler

13-Aug-2012 - Merck announced that the 2012 Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award for Analytical Science will be given to Professor Wheeler from the University of Toronto for his development of a digital microfluidic method for the extraction and quantification of estrogen in 1-microliter samples of breast tissue ...

Dyneon to acquire Empore Solid Phase Extraction family of products

03-Jan-2007 - Dyneon LLC recently announced that it will acquire 3M's Bioanalytical Technologies business including the Empore(TM) Solid Phase Extraction family of products, effective January 1, 2007. The Bioanalytical Technologies business and Empore products will be integrated into Dyneon and will augment ...

Grace opens Discovery Sciences Technical Center in Shanghai

15-Mar-2006 - W. R. Grace & Co. announced that it will open a technical services laboratory in Shanghai, China for its Grace Davison Discovery Sciences product group, significantly improving the company's ability to support life sciences R&D across Asia. Technical personnel in the new facility will primarily ...

GRACE ACQUIRES ALLTECH

03-Aug-2004 - W. R. Grace & Co. , announced today that its subsidiary, The Separations Group, has acquired Alltech International Holdings, Inc. ( Alltech ), a global manufacturer and supplier of chromatography products headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois. Alltech will be integrated into the separations ...